One of the Olympia School Board's responsibilities is to establish policies, which are essentially governing documents by which the Olympia School District operates.

Last summer, the board set a goal to review all district policies, starting with the 1000 series that pertain to the Olympia School District Board of Directors. The board completed that series in fall and is currently reviewing the 4000 series: Community Relations.

The board invites students, employees and the community to share feedback, including questions or comments, about the policies. Input will be shared with the school board as it moves forward with the policy review process.

The board held a first reading on five board policies during the January 8, 2018 board meeting. These five policies will return for a second reading and possible action at the next regularly scheduled board meeting on January 22, 2018. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Garfield Elementary School.

The five policies currently being reviewed are:

4110 Citizen Advisory Committees and Task Forces

4310 District Relationships with Law Enforcement and Other Governmental Agencies

Email comments or questions about the policies being reviewed to the new district email address especially created for this current board policy review process. The following email is monitored daily, and questions will be answered in the order they are received: boardpolicyreview@osd.wednet.edu

Contact Pam Barker, executive assistant to the Olympia School District Superintendent, at 360-596-6114.

Email or call Olympia School Board members directly. Contact information for board members, including their phone numbers and email addresses, is featured with their photos on the Board of Directors Web page.

The district's complete compilation of policies include:

1000 series - Board of Directors

2000 series – Instruction

3000 series – Students

4000 series - Community Relations

5000 series – Personnel

6000 series - Management Support

Once the school board has finished reviewing the 4000 series, it will move to a new series.